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A method of representing probabilistic aspects of quantum systems is introduced by means of a density function on the space of pure quantum states. In particular, a maximum entropy argument allows us to obtain a natural density function…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 D. C. Brody , L. P. Hughston

We define a natural ensemble of trace preserving, completely positive quantum maps and present algorithms to generate them at random. Spectral properties of the superoperator Phi associated with a given quantum map are investigated and a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-02-24 Wojciech Bruzda , Valerio Cappellini , Hans-Jürgen Sommers , Karol Życzkowski

Studying the computational complexity and designing fast algorithms for determining winners under voting rules are classical and fundamental questions in computational social choice. In this paper, we accelerate voting by leveraging quantum…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Ao Liu , Qishen Han , Lirong Xia , Nengkun Yu

We derive an expression for a density operator estimated via Bayesian quantum inference in the limit of an infinite number of measurements. This expression is derived under the assumption that the reconstructed system is in a pure state. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 R. Derka , V. Buzek , G. Adam , P. L. Knight

As a compact representation of joint probability distributions over a dependence graph of random variables, and a tool for modelling and reasoning in the presence of uncertainty, Bayesian networks are of great importance for artificial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-06 Michael de Oliveira , Luis Soares Barbosa

We show that probabilities of results of all possible measurements performing on a quantum system depend on the system's state only through its density matrix. Therefore all experimentally available information about the state contains in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-01 Alexey Nenashev

We construct a quantum-inspired classical algorithm for computing the permanent of Hermitian positive semidefinite matrices, by exploiting a connection between these mathematical structures and the boson sampling model. Specifically, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-01 L. Chakhmakhchyan , N. J. Cerf , R. Garcia-Patron

Non-linear voter models assume that the opinion of an agent depends on the opinions of its neighbors in a non-linear manner. This allows for voting rules different from majority voting. While the linear voter model is known to reach…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-04-27 Frank Schweitzer , Laxmidhar Behera

Decision procedures aggregating the preferences of multiple agents can produce cycles and hence outcomes which have been described heuristically as `chaotic'. We make this description precise by constructing an explicit dynamical system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 David A. Meyer , Thad A. Brown

In quantum mechanics, predictions are made by way of calculating expectation values of observables, which take the form of Hermitian operators. It is far less common to exploit non-Hermitian operators to perform measurements. Here, we show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Eliot Bolduc , Genevieve Gariepy , Jonathan Leach

We describe the representation of arbitrary density operators in terms of expectation values of simple projection operators. Two representations are presented which yield non--recursive schemes for experimentally determining the density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 Ole Steuernagel , John A. Vaccaro

The symmetric exclusion process and the voter model are two interacting particle systems for which a dual finite particle system allows one to characterize its invariant measures. Adding spontaneous births and deaths to the two processes…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Paul Jung

We investigate the problem of computing the probability of winning in an election where voter attendance is uncertain. More precisely, we study the setting where, in addition to a total ordering of the candidates, each voter is associated…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-01 Aviram Imber , Benny Kimelfeld

Predicting the winner of an election is of importance to multiple stakeholders. To formulate the problem, we consider an independent sequence of categorical data with a finite number of possible outcomes in each. The data is assumed to be…

Applications · Statistics 2024-10-17 Soudeep Deb , Rishideep Roy , Shubhabrata Das

We consider the quantum expectation value \mathcal{A}=\<\psi|A|\psi\> of an observable A over the state |\psi\> . We derive the exact probability distribution of \mathcal{A} seen as a random variable when |\psi\> varies over the set of all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Lorenzo Campos Venuti , Paolo Zanardi

We present a general theory of quantum information processing devices, that can be applied to human decision makers, to atomic multimode registers, or to molecular high-spin registers. Our quantum decision theory is a generalization of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. I. Yukalov , D. Sornette

It is argued from several points of view that quantum probabilities might play a role in statistical settings. New approaches toward quantum foundations have postulates that appear to be equally valid in macroscopic settings. One such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Inge S. Helland

The voter model has been studied extensively as a paradigmatic opinion dynamics' model. However, its ability for modeling real opinion dynamics has not been addressed. We introduce a noisy voter model (accounting for social influence) with…

During the 2022 French presidential election, we collected daily Twitter messages on key topics posted by political candidates and their close networks. Using a data-driven approach, we analyze interactions among political parties,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Ixandra Achitouv , David Chavalarias

The method is introduced for fast data processing by reducing the probability amplitudes of undesirable elements. The algorithm has a mathematical description and circuit implementation on a quantum processor. The idea is to make a quick…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Karina Zakharova , Artem Chernikov , Sergey Sysoev